Wheel



(No Model.)

HBOLAND WHEEL.

Patented Jan. 15, 1889'.-

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UNITED STATES PATENT r Fries.

WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,262, dated January15, 1889.

Application filed March 15, 1888. Serial No. 267,230- No model.)

To all whont it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HAMILTON BOLAND, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Columbus, in the county of Muscogee and State of Georgia,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in V ehicle-IVheelsand I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, which form a part ofthis specification,and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of my new and improvedvehicle-wheel. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the rim, taken on anenlarged scale, and showing also the outer end portion of one of thespokes; and Fig. 3 is a detail view, on an enlarged scale of one of thespokes.

The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

My invention consists in a new and improved wheel for vehicles of allkinds, and more particularly in the spokes thereof; and my inventionwill be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Referring to the several parts by letter,A indicates the hub of my newand improved wheel, the precise form and construction of which may bevaried without departing from the spirit of my invention. This hub isformed at each end with the series of holes or inclined apertures 13, inwhich the inner ends of the spokes are secured.

0 indicates the rim of my wheel, which is preferably formed, as shown,with the inwardly-projecting central flange, D, which is usuallyformed'integral with the outer part of the rim, as shown in thesectional View, Fig. 2, of the drawings. In the drawings the rim isshown formed of metal, with the inner flange in one piece integral withit.

The inwardly-extending central flange, D,- is formed with the series ofapertures E, at equal distances apart, and to this apertured flange aresecured the outer ends of the spokes F.

The spokes F are formed each of a single piece of wire of sufficientstoutness or diameter, which is doubled and twisted upon itself, asshown in the drawings. The spoke is eye or loop G.

placed in position and formed by taking a single length of the wire andpassing it through the appropriate hole, B, in that end of the hub A, toa point near the middle of the length of the wire. The wire is then bentand doubled, so as to bring its two halves thus formed together, and theend of the slightly-shorter section of the doubled wire \is then bentaround upon itself and its extremity twisted tightly around the wireproper, so as to form at the end of the shorter arm of the wire the Theend of the longer arm or section of the spoke-wire is then passedthrough the appropriate hole, E, in the inner flange, D, of thewheel-rim, is then brought around and inserted through the eye G, formedon the end of the shorter arm of the wire, and the extremity of thislonger wire is then twisted tightly around its stem, so as to form atthe end of the longer arm an eye, H, which thus engages with the eye Gat the end of the shorter arm, as shown. This arrangement will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 2 of the drawings, in which the outerend of the spoke is shown 011 a considerablyenlarged scale. A shortbaror other suitable tool is then inserted between the sections of the wireat about the center of the spoke, and is turned so as to twist the twohalves or sections of the doubled wire firmly and tightly together inopposite directions, so that the spoke looks like a solid or integralbody instead of two strands of wire. Each of the spokes is thus formed,and it will. be seen that this twisting of the wire spokes willeffectually take up all slack and render the spoke firm, tight, andstrong. A small opening, F, is left in each spoke by the removal of thetool for twisting the wires together, shown in the drawings.

1 do not desire tolimitmyself to the precise manner in which the outerends of the two sections of the wire spokes are secured together and theouter end of the spoke is secured to the rim-flange; neither do I wishto confine myself to forming the spoke of a single piece of wire. Eachspoke may be formed of two lengths of wire, which may be secured in anysuitable or desired manner at their inner ends to the end of the hub,and secured in any suitable manner at their outer ends to the rim of thewheel, the main feature of my invention being a spoke formed of twosections or lengths of wire twisted together, substantially as shown. Mynew and improved spoke can of course be employed with any suitable formof rim and hub; but I find my new and improved flanged rim, here shown,exceedingly well adapted for use with this spoke.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and advantages of my inventionwill be readily understood. It will be seen that the spokes are verysimple, while exceedingly strong and efficient, in construction and canbe mamrlt'actured readily and at a small cost.

Having thus described my invention, what I

